80-2501. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) “Board” means a hospital board which is selected in accordance with the provisions of this act and which is vested with the management and control of an existing hospital or a hospital established under the provisions of this act; (b) “hospital” means a medical care facility as […]
80-2502. Existing hospitals and districts governed by act; exceptions. (a) Any existing hospital district and any existing hospital established under the laws of this state prior to the effective date of this act are hereby continued in existence and shall be governed in accordance with the provisions of this act, and any existing board shall […]
80-2503. Hospital districts in adjoining political subdivisions; procedure to establish; petition and election; inclusion of territory in existing districts, when. (a) Any two or more adjoining political subdivisions are hereby authorized to join in the establishment of a hospital district and in the acquisition, construction or reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, remodeling or repairing of a hospital […]
80-2504. Same; hospital board; election; notice; term; annual meeting. Upon the establishment of a hospital district, the board of county commissioners shall cause a notice to be published, once each week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the hospital district stating that a meeting of the qualified electors of such […]
80-2505. Same; transfer of hospital, property and funds to district. Upon the selection and organization of the first board, the governing body of any political subdivision joining in the establishment of the hospital district which owns and is operating a hospital at the time the petitions for the organization of such hospital district were filed, […]
80-2506. Hospital districts in adjoining political subdivisions; increase in membership of board; procedure; petition; election; terms of new members; vacancies. (a) Every hospital shall be governed by a board composed of members who are qualified electors. The board shall be composed of three, five, seven or nine members. Whenever the number of members of a […]
80-2507. Same; selection of members of board of existing hospital. Members of the board of every existing hospital shall be selected in accordance with the following: (a) Every board which is being selected on the effective date of this act in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 80-2102, which section is repealed by this act, […]
80-2508. Methods to select members of board; terms; qualifications; filing fees; ballots. (a) Subject to the limitations provided in this act, any of the four methods described in this section may be used in the selection of members of boards. The four methods are: (1) Elections of board members shall be held at the annual […]
80-2509. Same; hospital board; oath; organization; treasurer’s bond; meetings; records and reports. (a) Members of the board, within 10 days after their selection, shall qualify by taking the oath or affirmation of civil officers as provided for in article 1 of chapter 54 of Kansas Statutes Annotated and acts amendatory of the provisions thereof or […]
80-2510. Same; hospital board; compensation; expenses. Members of the board may be allowed compensation by majority vote of the qualified electors voting at an annual meeting and, if allowed, such compensation shall be in an amount determined by the qualified electors voting at the annual meeting. If compensation is allowed, the board may allow the […]
80-2511. Powers and duties of hospital board; bylaws; rules and regulations; expenditures and investments; hospital administrator and employees, appointment, bond and benefit plans. (a) The board shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for the management and control of the hospital as it deems necessary so long as the same are not inconsistent […]
80-2512. Same; annual meeting of electors of district; notice. (a) An annual meeting of the qualified electors who reside within the taxing district of the hospital shall be held on the date and at the time and place determined at the first meeting of the qualified electors in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) […]
80-2513. Same; bonds; election; use of proceeds; debt limitation. (a) The board of any hospital is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the taxing district of the hospital for the purpose of providing funds to be used for acquiring a site, constructing and equipping of a hospital building in the manner and subject to the […]
80-2514. Same; construction projects; bids. No hospital building or addition shall be erected or constructed until the plans and specifications have been made therefor, adopted by the board, and bids advertised for according to law for county buildings. History: L. 1984, ch. 374, § 14; July 1.
80-2515. Same; construction projects; architect; contracts; bids. The board shall have charge of the construction, erection, purchase and equipping of any hospital or addition to any hospital and shall employ an architect to prepare the plans and specifications, and to superintend the erection and construction thereof. The architect may be paid out of the proceeds […]
80-2516. Same; levy for hospital; limit; increase in levy; election required; distribution of tax revenue. (a) The board may determine and fix an annual tax to be levied for the purpose of operating, equipping, maintaining and improving the hospital. Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), such tax shall not exceed two mills or the […]
80-2517. Same; lease of hospital property; contracts for management of hospital; authority to sue. (a) The board may enter into written contracts for: (1) The lease of any hospital property to any person, corporation, society or association upon such terms and conditions as deemed necessary by the board; (2) the lease of real property to […]
80-2518. Hospital districts; hospital moneys; gifts and other donations; investment of moneys; financial records; transfer of moneys or property to not-for-profit corporation. (a) All hospital moneys, except moneys acquired through the issuance of revenue bonds, shall be paid to the treasurer of the board, shall be allocated to and accounted for in separate funds or […]
80-2519. Same; no-fund warrants; procedure; election; limitation. (a) During any budget year, the board of any hospital is hereby authorized to issue no-fund warrants for the purpose of raising money for financing any insufficiency in the operation and maintenance budget of the hospital during such year and is hereby authorized to expend such money for […]
80-2520. Same; sale of hospital property; procedures; financing for construction authorized, when. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the board of any hospital is hereby authorized to: (1) Sell personal property of the hospital in the value of less than $10,000, either in the open market or upon bids in the manner provided in […]
